Report: New document links Ryan Braun to Biogenesis found

Feb. 17, 2013
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In this Sept. 21, 2012, file photo, the Brewers' Ryan Braun reacts while holding his elbow after missing his swing during a baseball game against the Nationals at Nationals Park in Washington. Braun says he used the person who ran the Florida clinic now under investigation by Major League Baseball as a consultant on his drug suspension appeal last year and nothing more. / Jacquelyn Martin, AP

by Ted Berg, USA TODAY Sports

by Ted Berg, USA TODAY Sports

New documents uncovered by ESPN's Outside the Lines could link Ryan Braun to performance-enhancing drugs from the Biogenesis labs.

A handwritten list of players in Biogenesis founder Anthony Bosch's hand includes Braun immediately below Melky Cabrera, who was suspended after testing positive for elevated levels of testosterone in August. Braun had been tied to the labs before, in documents found by Yahoo Sports, but he released a statement at the time of the report claiming he and his legal team had used Bosch as a consultant during Braun's successful appeal of a positive test in 2011.

The new list is by no means definitive proof that Biogenesis supplied Braun with banned substances, but according to ESPN.com, a person familiar with the document said, "there is no other reason to be on that paper."

At the Milwaukee Brewers' camp on Friday, Braun did not answer any questions regarding his alleged involvement with Biogenesis.

"I understand why a lot of you guys are probably here, but I made a statement last week, I stand behind that statement and I'm not going to address that issue any further," Braun said. "As I stated, I am happy to cooperate fully with any investigation into this matter.